Spock’s Brain and Miss July

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One of the laptops in the house went cold a few weeks back, and it has made a significant impact on the dynamics of our family. At the time, it was the fastest computer in the house, and there was competition over using it. This loss made plain how lousy was the so-called family computer. … Read more

Alice in Wonderland Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

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Alice in Wonderland did something I didn’t expect and which pleased me much: it integrated The Jabberwocky into the story. The miniature adventure story told in that poem packed with silly words became the thread that pulled together many disparate parts, and gave the movie a skeleton upon which to pile meat and gravy. I … Read more

Mystery of the Runaway Prius Solved

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Last week, a man spent more than 20 harrowing minutes in a Toyota Prius with a stuck accelerator on a highway, going more than 90 miles per hour. Here in Michigan, that’s referred to as “getting to work,” but I’m not going to split hairs. The mystery as to why that Prius went that fast … Read more